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Anyone can be a Social Soldier! Find out more here!~ (OLD THREAD)

Cadence March 21st, 2015

Welcome to the official forum thread for the Social Soldiers! Im glad youre here; youre amazing, and Im glad youre part of the community.

Introduction

The Social Soldiers project was created with the intent on eliminating the stigma that comes along with mental illness on social media, guiding those who are depressed/having a hard time/need someone to talk to right here to 7CupsOfTea. As Laura explained in her lovely thread right here, we need to be here for people who may feel as though they have no other place to turn.

What are Social Soldiers?

Social Soldiers are people that use 7Cups-designated social media to guide people in the right direction, hopefully leading them to the site where they can talk to someone who truly cares. They use the handles Twitter, Reddit and/or Tumblr, and check the tags for depression, or self harm, or anything along those lines.

Who can be a Social Soldier?

Anyone! Thats the beauty of this project; literally anyone can get involved with it.

What isnt a Social Soldier?

Sharing your own personal social media with other members/listeners.
Someone that shares their personal social media in this thread.

Just to debunk a question that may be asked, you can totally share your referral link on your personal social media handles, however we do ask that you dont share your personal social media handle here. If you have a big following on Twitter, and youd rather use your personal account to spread the word, thats totally okay, just do not share with other members/listeners your personal account. If you have any questions on this, feel free to PM me.

How to get involved?
Read through our post on the new team, to understand the changes a little more as well as to find the links to apply.

Project Leadership
@ArwaS - Project Leader
@Erato - Twitter Team Leader

@Yendi - Tumblr Team Leader

Find 7 Cups on social media here - Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Pinterest

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lovingApple67 December 22nd, 2015

This stuff really works, so glad to be a social soldier and be able to spread the word to help direct people towards help and change their lives. :)

lizlistens721 December 23rd, 2015

I just applied to be a Social Soldier, and am really anxious to start! Has anyone done it through Twitter, and what kind of reaction have you gotten?

Saltedbythesea December 23rd, 2015

Sent a private message recommending the site to friends who are hurting.

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Amelia December 23rd, 2015

@Saltedbythesea

That's great that you're spreading the word!! Are you interested in signing up for Social Soldiers? If so, here is the LINK to the application--just indicate which team(s) you are interested in.

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Anxietyisntcutek December 23rd, 2015

I am telling friends to join us! Iam happy they like the website

Harquinn909 December 24th, 2015

I spent all day on twitter XD

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Kaylee December 24th, 2015

@Harquinn909 Me too!

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December 24th, 2015

Just got addicted to this site

Forgot my lunch and dinner while surfing on this site

Really awesome n very helpful to needy

sweetSunshine28 December 24th, 2015

shared this with my suicide prevention group!

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Amelia December 25th, 2015

@sweetSunshine28

That's great that you're spreading the word!! Are you interested in signing up for Social Soldiers? If so, here is the LINK to the application--just indicate which team(s) you are interested in.

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Hopefullunicorn December 26th, 2015

Thanks

thepidgeon December 26th, 2015

Still not a Social Soldier, but this doesn't mean I don't get to wish you a Merry Newtonmas <3

CaringJoy December 26th, 2015

Great project and I'm so excited to be part of this....

Spreading the word on Tumblr